Where does “maitotonkka” come from?

maitotonkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic maito, from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ.

maitotonkka (Finnish): milk churn

Definitions

  1. milk churn

Ancestry of “maitotonkka”, step by step

maitotonkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—

via Finnish tönkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtönkkächock object used as a wedge to prevent a wheel from rolling or moving
2Swedishstånkato pant and moan (as after exertion)
Every word from Proto-Uralic majδ̕ɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic maito →Every word from Finnish maito →